Minor teenage girl found hanging from tree; four suspects detainedA teenage girl was discovered hanging from a tree in Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir. Police are investigating the suspicious death, with initial...
03 Apr, 2026, 11.30 PM IST
Delhi man dies after allegedly shooting himself while his cousin records videoA shocking incident unfolded in east Delhi's Dallupura area. A 28-year-old man reportedly shot himself in the chest. His cousin was filming...
17 Mar, 2026, 12.53 PM IST
NMC revises guidelines, removes sodomy and lesbianism as unnatural sexual offencesThe National Medical Commission has updated its competency-based medical education curriculum, removing sodomy and lesbianism as "unnatural...
12 Sep, 2024, 08.03 PM IST
National Medical Commission withdraws new MBBS curriculumThe National Medical Commission has withdrawn its recently issued Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) 2024 guidelines after facing ba...
05 Sep, 2024, 09.45 PM IST
A controversial U-turn: NMC reintroduces controversial topics like 'hymen', 'lesbianism' and importance of virginityThe National Medical Commission has reinstated previously removed topics in the forensic medicine and toxicology curriculum for undergradua...
04 Sep, 2024, 05.48 PM IST
Peeved at bad handwriting, Odisha High Court orders doctors to write in capital lettersThe Orissa High Court, vexed by doctors' illegible handwriting, issued a directive on January 4, mandating them to write postmortem reports...
08 Jan, 2024, 10.56 AM IST
Medicos case: Court asks if tapping was done legallyThe court also directed MHA and DoT to "produce the complete records of the review committee along with certified copies of prior approval ...
25 Mar, 2022, 11.56 PM IST
No invasive techniques be adopted for autopsy of COVID-19 patients: ICMR documentSome of the cases of suspected COVID-19 death which are brought dead to hospitals are labelled by emergency doctors as MLC and the body is ...
11 May, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Dental student found dead in Pakistan hostel was raped, reveals autopsy reportHer final postmortem report, which was issued by Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) Woman Medico-Legal Officer (WMLO) Dr Amrita on Wed...
07 Nov, 2019, 05.07 PM IST
Delhi: Cashless treatment for accidents, acid attacksOfficials said that private hospitals or nursing homes did not have to enter into any agreement with Delhi government for the reimbursement...
10 Oct, 2019, 12.08 PM IST
HC fines 3 UP doctors Rs 5,000 each for poor handwritingA Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has imposed Rs 5,000 penalty each on three doctors in separate cases for their illegible handwritin...
04 Oct, 2018, 12.21 PM IST
Charge sheet based on medico-legal, forensic evidence: Delhi Police on PushkarTharoor is the only person who has been arrayed as an accused in the case. The police, in its charge sheet, has also alleged that Tharoor h...
14 May, 2018, 04.57 PM IST
Acid attack survivors can get cashless treatmentFor seeking reimbursement, nursing homes and private hospitals will need to enter into an agreement with Delhi Arogya Kosh.
18 Feb, 2018, 10.29 AM IST
Good Samaritans who rush an accident victim to a hospital not to be forced to reveal identityA circular, re-notified to all states by the Home Ministry, made it clear that a good Samaritan shall not be liable for any civil and crimi...
24 Apr, 2016, 05.03 PM IST
'Don't perform autopsies as a reflex but only when imperative'Post-mortem is nothing but mutilation of body and such mutilation should only be done when it is absolutely necessary, Indrajit Khandekar s...
20 Jan, 2015, 01.44 PM IST
Medico-legal reports not entirely personal records: Central Information CommissionCentral Information Commission has said while allowing victims of an accident to access reports of other injured persons in the same mishap.
30 Nov, 2014, 01.35 PM IST
- Raja undergoes medical check-up before court appearance
A Raja, who was arrested on Wednesday in connection with 2G spectrum allocation case, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital on Thursday for medi...
04 Feb, 2011, 11.30 AM IST